Shadowlands, William Nicholson
Shadowlands, William Nicholson
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Shadowlands

Author: William Nicholson

Narrator: Harriet Harris, Martin Jarvis, Full Cast

Unabridged: 1 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2002


Synopsis

William Nicholson’s Tony nominated stage adaptation of his award-winning BBC Teleplay relates the story of shy Oxford don and children’s author C.S. Lewis and American poet Joy Gresham. Shadowlands shows how love, and the risk of loss, transformed this great man’s relationships, even with God.

An L.A. Theatre Works full-cast performance featuring Arthur Hanket, Harriet Harris, Nicholas Hormann, Martin Jarvis, Christopher Neame, Kenneth Schmidt and W. Morgan Sheppard.

About William Nicholson

William Nicholson is a screenwriter, playwright, television writer, and novelist. In addition to his Academy Award–nominated screenplays for Shadowlands and Gladiator, he is the author of Motherland; several young adult and fantasy novels; and a sequence of contemporary adult novels set in England. He lives in Sussex, England.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Tracy on September 24, 2008

I honestly felt this play was pure genius. It was a quick read, only taking an hour or two to finish. The staging was written in a way to allow the reader easy visual pictures. There is a part in the middle where Douglas's gift of a magic apple is entertwined with the marriage of Joy and Lewis, and......more

Goodreads review by Jennifer on December 29, 2011

I love this play. I remember sitting in the theatre while watching it, sobbing my heart out. I love all the characters (even Christopher, who can be so Christopherish) and they all work so well together. I love how Jack falls in love with Joy; so easy and natural. I love how she understands him and......more

Goodreads review by Paul on November 15, 2017

C.S. Lewis and his romance with a young woman who revolutionizes his world view, even though their time together is short. I was charmed by this play. In it the older man is brought out of his conservative worldview through a developing romance. It is solid writing and a well constructed experience.......more

Goodreads review by Julie on March 28, 2021

A friend sent this to me to read while I'm going through the same thing, losing a spouse to cancer. What I gained from this was more opportunity to cry and grieve and identify with someone else who experienced this before me, as well as C.S. Lewis's ideas about suffering. He believes that "God creat......more

Goodreads review by William on October 02, 2017

I was more familiar with Richard Attenborough's film, starring Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger, which was a wonderful experience to watch. For years after, whenever I would read C.S. Lewis, I would hear Hopkins reading it in my head. The play makes Lewis breathe for us. It doesn't rob him of his fa......more